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Prompt Engineering: Get reliable work out of AI

Stop guessing at prompts. Learn a repeatable way to brief an AI model so the first answer is usually the right one.

Beginner friendly
Created by Upfold AI Lab
Updated October 2026EnglishBeginner

What you'll learn

Write a prompt with a clear task, context, examples and output format
Turn a vague request into instructions a model can follow
Use examples to lock in tone and structure
Iterate on a prompt with a small test set instead of guesswork
Apply prompting to writing, summarising and analysis at work
Build and maintain a reusable prompt library

This course includes

10 min of narrated slidesAI tutor on every slide6 lectures, 24 slidesFull lifetime access18 quiz questionsCertificate of completion

Course content

1. What a prompt really is4 slides · 2 minPreview
A prompt is a brief, not a wish
Models complete, they don't read minds
The four parts of a working prompt
Your first rewrite
Lesson quiz3 questions
2. Clear instructions4 slides · 2 minLocked
Say what to do, not what to avoid
One task per prompt
Define done
Format the output
Lesson quiz3 questions

Description

Most people type a question into an AI model, get something generic back, and conclude the tool is overrated. The problem is almost always the brief, not the model. This course teaches prompting as a craft: how to state the task, give the right context, show examples, set the output format, and then iterate with evidence instead of hunches. You will practise on your own emails, documents and analysis, and finish with a personal prompt library you can reuse every day.

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